TROUBLESHOOTlNG
Icorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component,check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work.
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POWER |
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Cannot turn power | Ö The power plug is disconnected. | Ö Connect the power plug. | |
on. | Ö The component (stereo amplifier, audio | Ö Turn the stereo amplifier or audio timer | |
| timer, etc.) to which the power cord is |
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| connected is off. |
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CASSETTE DOOR |
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The door does not | Ö The deck is not in stop mode | Ö | Press the stop (7) button. |
open. | (tape is moving). | Ö |
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| Ö Power was turned off with the tape moving. | Turn power on. | |
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The door does not | Ö The cassette is not properly loaded. | Ö | Reinsert the cassette. |
close. |
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PLAYBACK |
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I m m e d i a t e l y | Ö The tape is completely wound. | Ö Play back in the opposite direction. | |
stops. |
| Ö | Rewind the tape. |
| Ö The tape is slack. | Ö Take up the slack (see page 6). | |
The level meter | Ö The tape is blank. | Ö Replace the blank tape with a recorded one. | |
does not work. | Ö The tape head is dirty. | Ö Clean the heads (see page 5). | |
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No sound. | Ö The amplifier input selector is not | Ö Set the amplifier input selector correctly. | |
| correctly set. | Ö Turn the amplifier volume control up. | |
| Ö The amplifier volume level setting is too low. | ||
| Ö Connection problems (wrong connection, | Ö Connect securely (see page 7). | |
| cord removed, poor contact, broken wire.) |
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RECORDING |
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The recording | Ö The cassette erasure prevention tabs are | Ö Replace the cassette with one whose | |
indicator does not | broken. |
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light up. |
| Ö Cover the hole over the tab (see page 6). | |
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The level meter | Ö REC LEVEL control is set too low. | Ö | Turn REC LEVEL control up (see page 14). |
does not work. | Ö The amplifier is not delivering a recording | Ö | Set the amplifier recording output |
| signal (from the tuner, CD player, etc.). |
| selector correctly. |
| Ö Wrong connection, connection cord | Ö Check connections (see page 7). | |
| removed, poor contact, broken wire. |
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I m m e d i a t e l y | Ö The tape is completely wound. | Ö Record in the opposite direction. | |
stops. |
| Ö | Rewind the tape. |
| Ö The tape is slack. | Ö Take up the slack (see page 6). | |
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Cannot record. | Ö The head is dirty. | Ö Clean the head (see page 5). | |
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No sound. | Ö Connection problems (wrong connection, | Ö Check that the recording and playback | |
| cord removed, poor contact, broken |
| connection cords are connected correctly |
| wire.) |
| (see page 7). |
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| Ö Set the amplifier selector correctly. | |
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REC LEVEL control | Ö The tape is being copied. | Ö When recording is finished, REC LEVEL | |
does not function. |
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